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face to face Southsiders answer the question, "What was your favorite Christmas tradition as a child? What is your favorite Christmas tradition now?" Page 2 BEECH GROVE • CENTER GROVE • GARFIELD PARK & FOUNTAIN SQUARE • GREENWOOD • SOUTHPORT • FRANKLIN & PERRY TOWNSHIPS FREE • Week of December 8-14, 2016 Serving the Southside Since 1928 ss-times.com TAKE A LOOK BACK FEATURE NORBERT DIEKHOFF AT THE FIRST TO SING IN SOUTHERN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER HOLY NAME'S ON THE SOUTHSIDE, CHRISTMAS CONCERT. HOSTING ITS GRAND OPENING IN 1961 PAGE 7 PAGE 0 THEN & NOW... SOUTHSIDE MENUS GET THE LATEST COUPONS TO LOCAL RESTAURANTS. PAGE 10 ME SO PERRY TOWNSHIP MARKETPLACE NIGHT & DAY PIZZA PIE, OH MY! HUNGRY!! Check out these What's there to do on the Chef Wendell Fowler dishes on a Southside businesses. Southside this coming week? popular American food. Page 11 Pages 14-15 Page 17 Give yourself or a loved one the present of a great new home. ASCSeniorCare.com 2 Week of December 8-14, 2016 • ss-times.com COMMUNITY The Southside Times Contact the Editor THIS Have any news tips? Want GOVERNMENT to submit a calendar event? on the WATCHDOG Have a photograph to WEEK share? Call Nicole Davis at WEB 300-8782 or email her at ndavis@southsidetimes. Ready to run? BEECH GROVE CITY com. Remember, our news deadlines are several days The Baxter YMCA is the official training partner for the 2017 COUNCIL prior to print. OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon. The YMCA’s Mini- Meeting, December 5 Marathon Training Program will prepare participants of all What happened: Ordinances 26 and 27 were levels for the 13.1 mile course. Organized training days approved on second reading. Ordinance 29 was Want to Advertise? will take place Saturday mornings, Monday approved on second and third/final reading. and Wednesday evenings, or Tuesday and Ordinance 21 was approved on third/final reading. The Southside Times Thursday mornings beginning Jan. 16 reaches a vast segment of through race day on May 6. What it means: Ordinance 26 relates to one-way our community. streets and alleys, and sets a fee for not complying. ss-times.com/read-to-run For information about Ordinance 27 establishes a fee for heavy trash reaching our readers, pickup of box springs and mattresses. There will be call Brian Ruckle at a minimum charge of $20. Brad Meriwether, director 300-8782 or email him at of public works, said beginning this year there were [email protected]. Treating abnormal heart rhythm more calls related to mattresses containing bed bugs. “Not having the machinery and not wanting to Franciscan Health is one of the few hospitals in Indiana tell people it’s just a hard no, we reached out to Ray’s offering patients with abnormal heart rhythm – or atrial (Trash Services) to see if there was something we fibrillation (Afib) – a life-changing device that greatly reduces could do to work together.” the risk of stroke. The newly-approved WATCHMANTM Device Ordinance 21 establishes a new employee has been used successfully in five patients at the Franciscan manual. The manual was discussed at length, with Health Heart Center. numerous amendments made. Mayor Dennis A product of Buckley stated that this document is to be a work Gerald Sargent ss-times.com/treating-abnormal-hearth-rhythm in progress and will be amended as time goes by. Publisher Emeritus Ordinance 22 establishes a salary for an Rick Myers, Publisher Indiana Data and Communications System Brian Kelly For more information on these articles and other timely news,visit ss-times.com. (IDACS) coordinator. It is required for police Chief Executive Officer To join the conversation, visit our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter @southsidetimes. departments to have this position covered 24 hours a day. When the city ceased operation of Haleigh Inscore its dispatch center, this position was covered by Director of Operations another agency. That agency will not cover the Nicole Davis, Editor department’s IDACS needs as of Jan. 1. Hiring a full-time coordinator is the first step for the Members of Asha Patel department to fill this void. Production/Art Mgr. Graphic Design In brief... 2017 RDC Budget was presented and approved by the council. RDC President Kaitlyn Clark, Donald Webb gave a recap of 2016. The RDC Graphic Designer face to face put $30,000 this fall to environmental studies, seeing as the Greenway project was approved Serving the Southside Q: What was your favorite Christmas tradition as a child? this year. They are working on a bond refinance to be able to pay them off, getting a lower Since 1928 What is your favorite Christmas tradition now ? interest rate at 2.4 percent. For more information, contact us at: [email protected] "My favorite Christmas tradition "As a child my favorite GREENWOOD as a child was to watch Frosty Christmas tradition was Tel. 317.300.8782 • Fax. 317.300.8786 The Snowman and the Charlie going out with my family COMMON COUNCIL 7670 U.S. 31 S. Brown specials. It was always and cutting down a Indianapolis, IN 46227 after Thanksgiving and they Christmas tree. The Meeting, December 5 www.icontimes.com would get you in the holiday whole family would go out What happened: Ordinance 16-74 passes first spirit. My favorite tradition that to a Christmas tree farm. We reading and Resolution 16-24 passes first reading 5-4. Times-Leader Publications, LLC we do now is every Christmas try to do that now. ©2016. All Rights Reserved morning is I make homemade cinnamon rolls Our daughters are college age. It hasn’t What it means: Ordinance 16-74 will increase and hot cocoa for my family." really changed." the cash change fund for the aquatic center, community center, and parks special events. The Jen Larson-Thompson, works in Beech Grove Chad Eppelheimer of Perry Township The views of the columnists in The Southside new aquatic center has multiple front counters Times are their own and do not necessarily and concession stand counters demanding the reflect the positions of this newspaper. "As a child, the six of us need for a greater amount of cash change funds. "It is still breakfast with grandchildren did a Christmas Resolution 16-24 declares an area within my whole family together program at my grandparents Greenwood as a Economic Revitalization Area. The Southside Times is published by Times-Leader on Christmas morning. It house and that was always a VanTrust Real Estate intends to construct an Publications, LLC. Content published alongside this has always been that way lot of fun. We sang songs and approximately 500,000 square foot shell building icon is sponsored by one of our valued advertisers. from the time that I can played instruments. Now I at 800 N. Graham Road to be used as a logistics Sponsored content is produced or commissioned remember, three or four have three children of my own and distribution facility. by advertisers working in tandem with Times-Leader’s sales years old, until now. We are and we are starting our own What's next: Ordinance 16-74 will go for second representatives. Sponsored content may not reflect the views of talking 55 years. My mom traditions. We like to go to the zoo each year reading in the next meeting and Resolution 16-24 The Southside Times publisher, editorial staff or graphic design lives for it." which is fun for the kids." is set to have a public hearing the first meeting in team. The Southside Times is devoted to clearly differentiating Rick Ballard, grew up on Terrace Avenue Amy Mullins of Greenwood January, 2017. between sponsored content and editorial content. Potential advertisers interested in sponsored content should call: Compiled by Nicole Davis & Beth Wade (317) 300-8782 or email: [email protected]. The Southside Times COMMUNITY ss-times.com • Week of December 8-14, 2016 3 What aspect of the job do you find Ramona Jackson most challenging? When you do go in a home and there Johnson County Sheriff reserve deputy puts energy isn’t anything you can do. It’s a bad sit- uation and you have to leave hoping that into enforcing the law and serving her community something will help that family. The chal- lenging part is if you’ve left wondering if BEHIND the BADGE In addition to her volunteer service as a these kids are going to be okay or if they deputy, Jackson can also be found working are going to work this out. security at places such as Banker’s Life Field- Compiled by Nicole Davis house or directing traffic locally. What do you enjoy doing in your off-time? Having gone into law enforcement in her late 30s, Ramona Jackson may have gotten a What was your inspiration to become go Exercising and hanging with late start in the field but says she can’t imag- into law enforcement? my boyfriend and my son. ine having to give up her badge now. Serving In January, I have been doing this for 11 What are your future as a reserve deputy for the Johnson County years. I was 38. I had a friend who said they goals, professionally or Sheriff’s Office for nearly 11 years, she said were going to get an application to be a re- personally? she loves being on the road, taking calls and serve. I always loved police stuff. I always I would like to do this working with everyone in the department. thought, it’s not a good time in my life, I’m until I am retirement age.